Machine for ejecting oil



(No Model.)

J. G. OONLON & S. R. DYER. MACHINE FOR EJBGTING OIL.

Patented Dec. 25, 1883.

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JOHN G. OONLON AND STEPHEh R. DYER, OF NEWV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

MACHINE FOR EJECTING OIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,861, dated December 25, 1883.

Application filed March 22, 1883.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, JOHN G. CONLON and STEPHEN R. DYER, residents of the city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Ejecting Oil; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification. This invention relates to a machine which is especiallyintended for use on board of ships, steamers, and other sea-going vessels. The said machine is provided with induction and eduction pipes, the former connected with an elevated reservoir containing oil, and the latter with flexible hose, through which the said oil is discharged in any desired direction.

The object of the invention is to force or throw streams of oil during stormy or rough weather over the water surrounding the vessel, so as to allay its roughened surface, and {signs insure perfect safety to vessel, cargo, and

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 rep resents a side elevation of our machine; Fig. 2, a front view thereof, and Fig. 3 a plan or top view of the same.

The letterA designates a substantial frame, in the upper portion of which is securely bolted a vertical cylinder, B, provided with a piston, C, (see Fig. 1,) having a piston-rod, D, to the lower end of which is secured a weighted cross-head, E, having grooves in the sides thereof, so as to adapt it to operate be tween the slides F F, that are securely bolted to the vertical portion of the frame A.

To the front of the cross-headis bolted or otherwise secured a rack, G, the teeth of which are engaged by a pinion, g, which is rigidly secured on a horizontal shaft, h, having bearings in boxes it, that are bolted to the lower timbers of the frame.

On the shaft h is loosely fitted the lower end of a lever, K, carrying a pawl, Z, which ongages the teeth of the pinion 9, so that by forcing the lever downward it may operate the said pinion, and thereby raise the rack,together with the parts connected therewith.

The letter M designates a feed-pipe, through which the oil is conveyed from a reservoir (No model.)

(not necessarily shown) to the lower portion of the cylinder B. This pipe is provided with a valve, M, for regulating the supply of oil, or for shutting off the same whenever so desired.

N N are discharge-pipes fitted to the lower end of the cylinder. These pipes are provided with Valves n a, for regulating the outward flow of oil, and with suitable flexible hose, 1) q, to permit of the said oil being thrown or forced in any desired direction. A shaft, R, is journaled in the lower part of the frame, immediately below the shaft 71., so that by means of handles r 1-, fitted to the ends thereof, a pawl, 2, connected with its center, may

be made to engage or disengage the teeth of the rack G. The sides of the frame are pro vided with braces a, so as to stiffen the same, and a brace, '11, is bolted between the under side of the cross-head and the back of the rack, as shown in Fig. 1.

The operation of our invention is as follows: The piston is first raised to its greatest height through the medium of the lever K, pinion g, and rack G. The pawl t is made to engage t-he teeth of the rack at each stroke of the lever, so as to hold the said rack and the piston connected therewith, while the lever is being brought back to take afresh hold on the pinion. The valve M is then opened, so as to permit the oil by its own gravity to flow into the cylinder. \Vhen the latter is filled, the pawls it are thrown out of gear, the valve M closed, and the valves of the discharge-pipes opened, when the piston, by reason of its heavy cross-head, will descend, and thus force the oil outward through the flexible'hose in the direction in which the outer ends thereof may be held. The piston is then again raised, as before, and the operation repeated as often as it may be required.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A vertical cylinder having a piston the rod of which is provided with a weighty crosshea-d adapted to operate 011 slides connected with the cylinder-supporting frame, and a rack fitted to the said cross-head, in combination with a lever carrying a pawl for operating a pinion, as described, and a pawl for engaging the teeth of the aforesaid rack, sub- In testimony whereof we affix our signatures stantially as and for the purpose set forth. in presence of two witnesses.

2. A vertical cylinder having its piston operated from below through a pist0n-rod pro- JOHN G. GONLON.

5 vided with a weighty cross-head and rack, an STEPHEN R. DYER.

elevating pinion and lever, and separate pawls for engaging the pawl and rack, in combina- \Vitnesses: tion with the inlet and outlet pipes, valves, J AMES OAsH, and hose, substantially as described, and for BENJ. B. I-IARROP.

10 the purpose specified. 

